They found that, in general, cystoid retinal changes occurred in the papillomacular region. Cystoid changes tended to occur where the retina adhered to subretinal fibrosis, large laser scars, or spontaneous atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and the choroid. The researchers coin the term "posterior cystoid retinal degeneration" to define this condition.

The investigators state that cystoid retinal degeneration in eyes with chronic CSC was primarily distributed outside of the fovea and was not necessarily associated with severely reduced visual acuity. They conclude that OCT findings suggest that intraretinal exudation and cystoid changes in chronic CSC develop through the formation of chorioretinal adherences.